This GeForce RTX 4060 in Low Profile is really lovely.
With the debut of the last GeForce RTX 4080 Super on January 31, the entire Ada Lovelace GPU architecture may have come to an end. As for whether there will be any products between GeForce RTX 4080 Super and GeForce RTX 4090, it remains to be seen. And know.
There are also some interesting products in the entire Ada Lovelace GPU architecture, such as the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD launched by ASUS, and both ASUS and GIGABYTE have launched Low Profile versions of the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card.
Today, let’s take a look at the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G product.
As the first half-height GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card on the market, this graphics card was announced in July 2023 and has been launched in Taiwan. If you need to purchase it, it is usually handled by customer order.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G The entire graphics card size is 182 x 69 x 40mm, which belongs to the Low Profile specification.
Different from the common Low Profile in the past, because the TGP (Total Graphics Power) of GeForce RTX 4060 is 115W, the dual-fan design may not be able to effectively relieve heat, so a three-fan design is needed; the fan size is 46mm, but the official does not specifically mention it. to the fan bearings used.
Although the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card is designed for Low Profile, GIGABYTE still provides users with standard 2x HDMI 2.1 + 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, which can meet the needs of users with up to 4 screen outputs.
However, how to insert the four output terminals into the Low Profile? GIGABYTE made a very interesting design. In addition to moving one of the DisplayPorts to the second slot and adopting a side-by-side design, we also found that the other DisplayPort of this graphics card also has The design of stealth step.
The graphics card itself ships with a standard I/O Bracket, but a Low Profile Bracket can be seen in the color box for users to replace.
Through the photos, you can see that the DisplayPort at the end uses the 15mm space of the PCB to the extreme. Although this approach does not comply with the PCI-SIG organization specifications, it can meet the needs of users without affecting the transmission bandwidth, so why not Of.
The graphics card adopts a single PCIe 8 PIN power supply design and adopts a side-out design.
It is not difficult to find that the heat pipe of GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G adopts a U-shaped design, which is mainly due to space constraints.
This GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G is an overclocked version. The clock speed can reach 2475MHz, which is 15MHz higher than the default version of the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card.
Then let’s take a quick look at the performance of GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G in 3DMark.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G
Although it is the Low Profile version, compared with the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Cyclone we tested earlier in the 3DMark multi-digit test project, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G has better performance.
Let’s take a look at the temperature, fan speed and power consumption performance of GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G under the pressure of Furmark software.
GPU TEMP：66.4°C（AVG）；
GPU Hot Spot：77.5°；
FAN：3,301 RPM；
TGP：114.2 WATTS；
Compared with the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Cyclone graphics card, the GPU Temp part is basically the same, but the fan speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G is 1,000 RPM higher than the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Cyclone. In terms of Low Profile settings, it is reasonable for the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G to have a higher fan speed. After all, the matching fan is only 46mm, which is much smaller than the Cyclone’s 100mm, so it must pass through a higher speed. The speed brings greater air volume to assist in heat dissipation.
Judging from the Hot Spot, the radiator of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G performs quite well, about 5 degrees cooler than the Cyclone.
Although it is a Low Profile GeForce RTX 4060, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G gives us a small surprise in terms of performance and cooling performance. In addition, the advantages brought by the Ada Lovelave GPU architecture also allow users to enjoy the advantages of 3rd Gen RT Cores, 4th Gen Tensor Corer, 8th Gen NVENC, 5th Gen NVDEC and the important DLSS 3.5 technology in a small machine .
At present, both ASUS and GIGABYTE have launched Low Profile versions for GeForce RTX 4060, but currently there is only GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G in Taiwan, and there are no other options.
The test of GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G comes to an end here, thank you for watching.
